Hey Everyone,
Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast.
Today, I covered S2E10: You Gotta Have Heart, which aired on November 15, 1986.
In this episode The Brindles involve the Lawson's in their squabble.
I knew last month when I read this short summary and seeing the Brindles names, I got the hair pulling out aggravated feeling that always comes when I cover an episode featuring the Brindles mainly Bonnie and this episode was no different.
Granted it comes in halfway through the episode but the Wizard of Oz is what sets this whole episode off. When the Lawsons watch the Wizard of Oz and talk about how the Tin Man receives a heart and Vicky proceeds to ask what a heart is and what it means to have love in your heart and how you show you love someone. Joan describes love from a quote from the movie Love Story and the song Love Is A Many Splendored Thing and they also tell Vicky that a person shows love through giving. All terrible examples.
Ted even toys with the idea of creating Vicky a heart not so much for her benefit, but more so the thought of winning the Nobel Peace Prize , granted for any of that to happen he would have to finally introduce Vicky to the world and the whole premise of this show seems to keep her identity and what she actually is on the DL.
So Vicky gives Harriet her gawdy looking bracket as a form of the love she has in her heart. That's the message she gets, to love is to give people stuff. Harriet takes full advantage of this as she tells Vicki they're besties BFFs for life and proceed to outfit swap.
The reveal is a bit unnerving at first, I mean Vicki looks great with her hair down and more natural looking (a preview of what's to come for Season 3 and Season 4 when they dress Vicki as a normal average kid)where Harriet just looks even more washed out in Vicki's red and white pinafore housemaid dress. It's the pale skin and red hair, Vicki's outfit does nothing for her.
Bonnie bursts through the door of the Lawson home and says to Joan how our girls are besties and we should be too. She uses this tactic to move right into the Lawson's home after she says Brandon has become jealous of her (eye roll)because men are always checking her out everywhere she goes, so many F-Bombs dropped by me the moment Bonnie bursts in the door.
No sooner do Ted and Joan convince Bonnie to leave and go back to Brandon than we get a repeat of the same scenario from Brandon suitcase in hand (massive eyeroll).
If you took Bonnie and Brandon out of this episode, this would have been a good episode. It was entertaining regardless.
Jamie also programs Vicki to give Harriet a taste of her own medicine by turning the tables on her and being a demanding super brat wanting all the stuff she gave Harriet back, but then it backfires on Jamie.
Join me next month when I cover S2E12: Thanksgiving Story, which aired on November 29, (my Mom's Birthday) 1986.
In this episode Jamie learns the value of family on Thanksgiving.
Yes, I know I'm skipping over S1E11: The Shoplifter will be in December.
It seemed only fitting that I cover the Thanksgiving Story for November.
Have a great week everyone!
See you in November!
